WABC Music Power Survey for Week of 17 August 1971

Courtesy of the WABC Musicradio 77 Internet Web Site
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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

                                                                                                                                     
 TW                                                             LW
  1. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart -                            
                              The Bee Gees (Atco)  *2 weeks #1*  1
  2. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)          6
  3. Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)                11
  4. What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin & John -    
                                              Tom Clay (Mowest) 13
  5. Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver (RCA)             7
  6. Indian Reservation (The Lament of the                        
          Cherokee Reservation Indian) - The Raiders (Columbia)  4
  7. Draggin' the Line - Tommy James (Roulette)                  2
  8. You've Got a Friend - James Taylor (Warner Brothers)        3
  9. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight (Stax)                          9
 10. Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got                       
            to Get What She Wants) Pt. 1 - James Brown (People) 10
 11. Beginnings - Chicago (Columbia)                            16
 12. Bring the Boys Home - Freda Payne (Invictus)                5
 13. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics (Volt)          14
 14. It's Too Late - Carole King (Ode)                           8
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 15. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth (Gordy)     26
 16. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers (Sussex)                  19
 17. Signs - The Five Man Electrical Band (Lionel)              17
 19. Riders On the Storm - The Doors (Elektra)                  23
 21. I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth (Rare Earth)         29
 24. Bangla-Desh - George Harrison (Apple)                      33
 25. Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond (MGM)                   58
 27. Stick-Up - The Honey Cone (Hot Wax)                        25
 28. Liar - Three Dog Night (Dunhill)                           21
 30. I Woke Up In Love This Morning -                             
                                    The Partridge Family (Bell) 80
 39. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Mac & Katie Kissoon (ABC)      52
 68. So Far Away - Carole King (Ode)                            --
     
Hot Prospects:
     The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez (Vanguard)   
     Superstar - The Carpenters (A&M)                             
     
Album Cuts:
     Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney (Apple) 
     Change Partners - Stephen Stills (Atlantic)                  
     Sugar Babe - Stephen Stills (Atlantic)                       
     I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King (Ode)                    
     Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart (Mercury)                    
     Maggie May - Rod Stewart (Mercury)                           
     Go Down Gamblin' - Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia)           
     Hymn 43 - Jethro Tull (Reprise)                              
     Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Decca)                     
     Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)            
     Imagine - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple)               
     Jealous Guy - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple)           
     Crippled Inside - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple)       
     Oh Yoko! - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple)              
     How? - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple)                  
     Oh My Love - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple)            
     Story In Your Eyes - The Moody Blues (Threshold)             
     
Action Albums:
     Tapestry - Carole King (Ode)                                 
     RAM - Paul & Linda McCartney (Apple)                         
     Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)         
     Aqualung - Jethro Tull (Reprise)                             
     Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart (Mercury)          
     Stephen Stills II - Stephen Stills (Atlantic)                
     Who's Next - The Who (Decca)                                 
     B, S & T: 4 - Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia)                
     Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - The Moody Blues (Threshold) 
     
All American of the Week:
     Dan Ingram -  2:00-6:00 PM, Monday - Saturday


SPECIAL NOTE:  The John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album cuts were 
added later in the week.

 

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